This fivefold journey into deeper consciousness entails immersing oneself into the mysteries of five esoteric belief systems. The timeless truths and symbols of each of these paths have been carefully curated to extract their most essential principles, leaving the traveler unencumbered by false traditions and imperfect concepts which encrust all ancient traditions. This unique system is designed for the individual, but compounds itself when practiced in a group. Ultimently, it is an individual endeavor, a transformation taking place deep within the psyche and heart of each.

Before exploring this system, it is helpful to first understand the concept of 5 mountains and 5 rivers. They are:

• Mt Kailash & Indus/Ganges Rivers. 
• Mt. Stanley & Nile River.
• Mt Ararat & Euphrates River.  
• Kunlun Goddess Peak & Yellow River. 
• Mt Herman & Jordan River. 

These 5 regions were ancient civilization centers where different groups evolved unique understandings of the exterior and inner worlds. They are sometimes referred to as River Civilizations. We have also expanded these five river civilizations to other earthly regions as well, so the entire earth can be represented. We have also assigned them to one of the Five Elements of antiquity.

• Fire: Himalayan Civilization: (Indus/Ganges/Yangtze river basins) Tibet, India, Nepal, S.W. China and by extension: S. America.
• Wind: Nile River Civilization: Africa and by extension: Pagan Europe, Central and North America.
• Metal:  Tigris-Euprates River Civilization: Mesopotamian & Persian Empires, and by extension: Byzantine Empire, Silk Road, & Rome.
• Earth: Yellow River Civilization: Northern China, and by extension: Japan, Korea, & S.E. Asia.
• Water: Eastern Mediterranean Civilization:  Israel, Syria, Jordan, and by extension: All of the Levant, Antola, Cyprus, Crete, Greece, & S.E. Italy (Magna Grecia).

Each of the five expanded regions are also associated with a special calendar, a special diet; and with esoteric spiritual philosophies that developed there over the millennia. This system seeks to remedy the 5 great deviations by their observance.

Spring Season: Bonpos and Ngakpa...Mar 20-Apr 4 (1st new or full moon) Indian/W.Chinese Cuisine.

Summer Season: Gnostics and Jung......Jun 1-Jun 16  (1st new or full moon)  Mexican Cuisine.

Autumn Season: Manichaeans and Sufi...Aug 13- Aug 28  (1st new or full moon)   Italian Cuisine.

Fall Season: Shinto and Shugendo...Oct 25 - Nov 9  (1st new or full moon)   Japanese/Thai Cuisine.

Winter Season: Mandaeans and Qabbalah... Jan 6 - Jan 21  (1st new or full moon)  Middle Eastern Cuisine.

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TO PENETRATE THE MYSTERIES,  to bless with a good conscious, to be great and yet empty, to return to stillness and be forgiving, to be compassionate and to deliver all people, to do good deeds and help people reach the other shore - these are the great benefits of our Path of cultivation. 
 

TO CALM PEOPLE IN stormy times, to help them understand the nature of things, to maintain purity,to nourish all things,  to respect all life, and to answer the needs of those whose beliefs come from the heart - these are the services the Luminous Path can offer. - adapted from a Chinese Stelae, 781A.D 

 

"In the name of Compassionate and Merciful Light"

Exploring unconscious depths and ethical dilemmas through systematic unlayering via a fivefold synthesis of Bon, Gnostic, Manichaean, Zen, & Mandaean esoterics. Extracted pearls of Shenrab, Jung, Mani, Dogen & Zazai, overlaid upon a 33 fold Kabbalistic template that unfolds upon itself  according to lunar fortnights.

(A multifaceted chesslike game of Enlightenment played against oneself to unveil Miryai's Singularity.)

 

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